1. Podcast Power
Andrew Baerg, Associate Professor,
Communication

2. A. Main Characteristics of the Course
Used in both COMM 4315 Global
Communication and COMM 4318 Mass
Media Communication
Both courses are conventional
lecture/reading/discussion-based
online courses

3. B. The Problem
a) Teaching side
Needed more than text,
started podcasts in
2010
b) Student side
Deals with precious
resource of space and
time

4. C. The Tools—Audacity

5. C. The Tools—Audacity

6. C. The Tools—Podomatic

7. C. The Tools—Podomatic

8. C. The Tools—Podomatic

9. D. Student Feedback
Students enjoy the
opportunity to
listen in the car
(or at work,
shhhhhh…)
Instructors get
Students could be doing this at
street cred work

10. E. Practical Application
Challenges:
Not as many use it as I would have expected
(10-15% at this point)
Possibly inhibits the construction of lectures in
terms of images
Potential:
Untethers students from computers
Easy to use if one is already recording
lectures